Pollard, Starc fined for on-field spat

Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Mitchell Starc and Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard have been fined 50% and 75% of their match-fees respectively because of their on field behaviour. The duo was involved in an ugly on-field spat, that sparked off when Starc was bowling to Pollard.

A media advisory on the official IPL website stated that both Pollard and Starc admitted to their offenecs.

The advisory said: Pollard admitted to the level 2 offence (Article 2.2.7) of throwing his bat at or near a player and accepted the sanction of a fine of 75% of his match fee. Starc admitted to the level 2 offence (Article 2.2.11) of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game and accepted the sanction of a fine of 50% of his match fee.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was also fined after the team maintained a slow over rate during the Pepsi IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai. This was R Sharma's second offence - he was already fined earlier in the season for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Also, each of the other ten members of the Mumbai Indians team was fined the lesser of Rs. 6 lakh or 25% of his match fee.

RCB captain, Virat Kohli was also fined for slow over-rate, but attracted a lower penalty as it was his first offence. His team-mate Varun Aaron too was 'reprimanded after he violated article 2.1.1 of the Code of Conduct for a breach of paragraph 4.2 of the IPL Clothing Regulations' according to the IPL media advisory.

Kolkata Knight Riders' victory celebrations post their triumphant Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign were marred by a near-stampede followed by a lathi-charge as more than 150,000 supported clambered over barricades and gates to get a glimpse of their heroes.